Adventures in being a volunteer advocate to fight poverty while raising children. My insights are seen through the lens of motherhood and a desire to help moms uplift each other to make a better world for our kids.
By Cynthia Changyit Levin, @ccylevin

Thursday, September 16, 2010

The Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs and the ONE campaign present a public event on the Millennium Development Goals on Monday, Sept 27 at the Chicago Club. See below for more info on this fantastic event!-----------------------------------------------------------------

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

PUBLIC PROGRAM

FIVE YEARS OUT: AN UPDATE ON THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSYvonne Chaka Chaka, Singer and Goodwill Ambassador against Malaria, UNICEFLiesl Gerntholtz, Director, Women’s Rights Division, Human Rights WatchJosh Lozman, Chief of Staff to the CEO and Senior Advisor on Global Health Policy, ONEModerated by Sheila Nix, U.S. Executive Director, ONE

With only five years to go until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York, September 20-22, to accelerate progress towards the MDGs. The goals—adopted at the UN Millennium Summit of 2000—aim to dramatically reduce poverty, hunger, disease, and maternal and child deaths. Join us for an expert panel discussion on the current state of the MDGs, with a particular focus on the progress of initiatives to reduce infant and maternal mortality, and what is needed to bring about sustained change by 2015.

Yvonne Chaka Chaka has been at the forefront of South African popular music for 20 years. An internationally recognized artist, entrepreneur, and humanitarian, she is also UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador against malaria, an ambassador for Roll-Back Malaria sponsored by the World Bank, the United Nations, and the World Health Organization, and a trustee of Tomorrow Trust, a program to educate orphans and other vulnerable children. She founded and presides over the Princess of Africa Foundation, a charity dedicated to fighting malaria.

Liesl Gerntholtz is director of Human Rights Watch’s women’s rights division and an expert on women's rights in Africa. She has written extensively on violence against women and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. Before joining Human Rights Watch, she worked for some of the key constitutional institutions promoting human rights and democracy in post-apartheid South Africa, including the South African Human Rights Commission and the Commission on Gender Equality. A lawyer by training, she has been involved in high-profile, strategic human rights litigation to promote women’s and children's rights.

Josh Lozman is currently chief of staff to the CEO and senior advisor on global health policy at ONE. He previously served as ONE’s U.S. policy director. Prior to joining ONE, Lozman was a policy consultant at the Center for Global Development and a grassroots coordinator for the Global Health Council. He earned his M.B.A. and M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Johns Hopkins’ Health Policy and Management department, where he is a Sommer Scholar.

Sheila Nix (moderator) is the U.S. executive director of ONE, and is responsible for ONE’s advocacy, communications, and campaign efforts in the United States. She has extensive experience in federal and state politics, and most recently was a senior vice president at the Strategy Group. Prior to her political career, Sheila was an associate at Arnold and Porter LLP.

3 comments:

Thank you for developing a narrative around social development and poverty. Not to many are interested, so when I see this initiative I am happy. A former UN executive I am on web promoting the MDGs through the Yakkers' Corner - http://www.unitednationsyak.com and the issues of communications challenges in a globalizing world http://www.leaksandspills.comWill keep checking out your posts and hope to meet you one day

Thank you for developing a narrative around social development and poverty. Not to many are interested, so when I see this initiative I am happy. A former UN executive I am on web promoting the MDGs through the Yakkers' Corner - http://www.unitednationsyak.com and the issues of communications challenges in a globalizing world http://www.leaksandspills.comWill keep checking out your posts and hope to meet you one day

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